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Labour Plan for 100,000 new nursery places in England ‘unlikely to work’ Exclusive: Projected spare capacity is not all in the right places to match projected demand, research finds A government policy to create 100,000 new nursery places using spare capacity in English primary schools is “unlikely to work”, according to research. The research blames a geographical mismatch between capacity and demand, while leaders in the sector have raised concerns about staffing, the provision of sleep areas for the youngest children, toilets that are too big and sinks that are too high for nursery-age children. Continue reading… Labour plan for…

The time London smelled so strongly of poo people thought they would die. This notorious pollution episode may not be as far away as we like to think Less than 200 years ago, London reeked so badly it got a nickname we remember even now: the Great Stink. There was no sewage network in 1858, so excrement from everyone living there was washed into the Thames, either directly or via cesspits and smaller urban tributaries. As a heatwave that summer warmed the faeces coursing through the capital, it enveloped residents in a haze of fumes so foul it prompted the…

Mum of Harshita Brella found dead in car boot ‘wants justice for her daughter’ | UK News Highlight the bias, if any in the title by underlining the biased words or phrase in the original title Harshita Brella was ‘excited’ to move to the UK The mother of a woman found dead in a car boot in east London has said she wants ‘justice’ for her daughter. Harshita Brella, 24, is believed by police to have been murdered by her husband Pankaj Lamba this month. Her body was found Thursday inside a vehicle in Ilford, 100 miles from her home…

G20 leaders meeting in Rio urged cooperation on climate change, poverty, and tax reform, while addressing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. A narrow consensus highlighted humanitarian suffering and economic fallout. Leaders called for urgent civilian aid, ceasefires, and multilateral unity ahead of Trump’s January return to power. G20 leaders wrestle with wars, climate and poverty as Trump’s return looms

Heavy snow shuts A55 and leaves A483 'impassable' – live updates Parts of the region have been blanketed in snow already https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/heavy-snow-shuts-a55-leaves-30395518

'Good on them' – readers react as farmers stage protest in Llandudno Farmers have warned of ‘massive’ food shortages and ‘significant’ food price hikes as the industry prepares for its first ever strike https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/good-them-readers-react-farmers-30389569

Crossbow, guns and 26 knives surrendered in just one part of North Wales A week-long amnesty event was held right across the region https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/crossbow-guns-26-knives-surrendered-30396682

Hong Kong sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists under its national security law, with Benny Tai receiving 10 years, the longest term yet. Charged for a 2020 informal poll aiming for electoral majority, organizers, including Au Nok-hin and Andrew Chiu, were jailed up to seven years. Beijing imposed the law in 2020.Source link

Abkhazia’s president resigned Tuesday after protests over a Russian investment deal. Demonstrators stormed parliament last week, opposing Moscow’s economic influence. The breakaway Georgian republic, recognized globally as Georgian territory, has been under Russian control since the 2008 war with Tbilisi.Source link

The Lady with the Lamp aka Florence Nightingale is such a British icon that, almost 110 years after her death, the mere mention of her name still conjures an instant image: the intense gaze, austere hair topped by a bonnet. She might have been the first women to stand up to the patriarchal society when she defied expectations to follow a template of female life of the times. Travel broadens the mind Travel broadens the mind. It was certainly true for Nightingale. Her writings from abroad reveal her learning, literary skill and personal philosophy.  She first felt a calling to…